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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death of Mr. Gantley by Miles Burton

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death of Mr. Gantley by Miles Burton

by | Feb 27, 2026

Cecil John Charles Street (1884-1964) was a serving British army officer who attained the rank of Major. He was also a pillar of Golden Age crime fiction, writing under multiple names, producing four detective novels a year for thirty-seven years. As John Rhode, he...
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

by | Feb 24, 2026

Long before Jessica Fletcher, Sister Mary Helen, or Agatha Raisin, there was Mrs. Emily Pollifax of suburban New Jersey, widowed grandmother, hospital volunteer, garden club member, and occasional CIA agent. In 14 books published between 1966 and 2000, MWA Grand...
The Ringer by Dell Shannon

The Ringer by Dell Shannon

by | Feb 17, 2026

Barbara Elizabeth Linington (1921-1988) was an astonishingly productive American author who wrote under the names Elizabeth Linington, Anne Blaisdell, Lesley Egan, Egan O’Neill, and Dell Shannon. She initially wrote radio and stage dramas and then turned to...